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Next: Spaces of Contestation
Vancouver, Crawling, Weeping, Betting is over. After almost two months, seven midnight performances, innumerable city tours, seven stories told and matched with seven drinks; horns, strings, and drums played; twenty-one or more dances improvised; a wallet stolen in front of bystanders and then returned; layers of paint, writing, and paper applied to the Pitt’s walls…
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This is the last chance – Crawling, Weeping final week
We’re coming up on the end of Vancouver, Crawling, Weeping, Betting — a “mini-festival” of visual art, storytelling, performance, music, and dance, accompanied by a book and walking tours every Saturday. This week is the last week of what has turned out to be a sprawling, intense project with some amazing moments. The gallery installation,…
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The second to last week of Crawling, Weeping: Week 6
The second to last week in the series Vancouver, Crawling, Weeping, Betting is upon us. The series has been running over the past five weeks, and will continue through to March 1st — if you haven’t already been attending midnight witching hour solos on Thursdays, Bob’s Salon every Friday evening, or improvised guided tours of…
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Saturday stroll and a story
From battery opera performance‘s Facebook feed: Saturday stroll and a story? No ID required. 12-5pm today. Starting from Unit Pitt Projects, 236 E Pender. Free. Lovely people. Lovely day. Drop in. Every Saturday through March 1, come to the Pitt for walking tours with stories by your guides Brian Solomon, Pedro Chamale, Michelle Lui, Aryo…
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Tonight: Bob’s Salon #5, with a story by Cease Wyss
Last night, Cease Wyss and friends presented a tea party for four important but not-so-famous people from Vancouver’s past (a party that included tea for everyone, plus video projection and live painting — you’ll see the results when you drop by the Pitt). Tonight (Friday, February 14) she’s back to tell a story for the…